Herman James Sr.

Herman James Sr. (1917-2000) was a Newark, New Jersey resident, World War II veteran, union plumber, and the father of Reverend Herman James Jr..

Biography
Herman James Sr. was the son of a former African-American slave from the Confederacy, and his family moved to Newark, New Jersey during the Great Migration. James served in the US Army during World War II before returning home and becoming a union plumber. In 2000, he took part in a protest rally organized by his son, Reverend Herman James Jr., which protested Massarone Brothers' lack of African-American construction workers. James died shortly after from natural causes at the age of 83.